Tech Night Happenings 2009

Library
Matzat
AR Home Connect, Tumblebooks, and BookFLIX- Come learn about the great online resources available to enhance your child's reading at home. Find out how to check on your child's AR progress through AR Home Connect, and enjoy great online stories with Tumblebooks and BookFLIX.
Art Room
Longo
Pirate Pin~ Students will make a pin using artwork created by 2nd-4th graders. The top 3 designs will win a prize.
Music Room
Doherty
Music Websites~ See a demonstration of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Music Game. This game features a listening room and several interactive games for students that involve instrument identification and musical skills.
Cafeteria
4th Grade
Diary of Project~ See the steps 4th graders took to create a dairy from the point of view of an animal.
Cafeteria
Hogan/Mulnik
Bio-Cube~ Come see biography research done by 2nd graders using the Internet.
Cafeteria
Ipock
Emotion PowerPoints~ Come see how these 2nd graders have learned to show emotion in their writing through this fun PowerPoint presentation.
600
Dougan
Daily Calendar~ Start the Day off the SMARTtBoard Way! Come see how Pre-K uses the SMARTBoard to teach daily calendar, math, and language arts through songs and motions.
601
Pock

RIF and BookFLIX~
603
Tech Squad
Pirate T-Shirts~ Kids grades pre-k through 1st come to room 603 to get your pirate picture taken! We'll print it on t-shirt paper with some instructions on how to put it on one of your own shirts when you get home!
605
Carter
Class Sites~ Learn how to utilize teacher web pages in order to work with your child on a variety of skills from home.
606
Batt
Starfall~ Learn some great sites to use at home to help your children succeed at school.
607
Nangle/Maple
ESL Sites~ Come and learn new websites just for ESL students; vocabulary, sentence structure, flashcards, and parental portal.
400
Crawford/Pardeck
Study Island~ Third and Fourth graders bring your Study Island username and password to the 400 computer lab and unlock the secrets to Communication Arts and Math skills that lead to fun games.
402
Agnew
Literacy Centers~ Come see how easy it is to utilize the virtual literacy world. Students use online books, word work websites, practice tests and more to help them develop their literacy skills.
404
Hirahara
MAP Jeopardy~ MAP Jeopardy, is a fun way to prepare for the MAP by reviewing GLEs through technology. The students love playing MAP Jeopardy during our MAP review weeks, and it gets them motivated and relaxed for the test.
405
Lansdown
Student PowerPoints~ Come see how 3rd graders researched topics and designed PowerPoint projects on government and the water cycle.
407
McKoy
Internet Safety~ Safety is a growing concern with so much access to the internet. Learn ways to increase your child's safety on the computer. Leave with important strategies that will open conversation with your students about what they see and do on the computer and receive a tip sheet of information of things to watch out for while on the computer.
408
Conner
Literacy Centers~ Several of my students will be demonstrating how we use WebQuests to further their understanding of Social Studies topics. They will also develop a story web about their reading books using Kidspiration.
409
Solidum
Kidspiration~ Come see how students are organizing their thoughts using Kidspiration. Students can create graphic organizers to show off their thinking and practice important skills.
501
Hartzell/Sheets
Parent Portal and Question/Answer~ Want to check your students lunch bill or grades online? Need help finding great online practice for a struggling student? Come get help here!
502
PTO
Book Fair~ Take advantage of the extended hours for book fair.
503
Seaman
Student Created Movies~ Students created Clay Animations, Stop Action Movies, and Animated Problems in Art.
504
Larimore
Handhelds~ What is motivating, powerful and can fit in your hand? A handheld! Come see Mr. Larimore’s students share ideas and experiences while working with these wonder teaching tools.
505
Larimore
Class Web Tools~ Come see what the web has to offer. Let students from Mr. Larimore’s class show you some examples of Web 2.0 projects they have completed and get their point of view in today’s thinking and learning environment.
506
Snowden
Graphing~ We will be showing how to graph data using an online graphing website and Microsoft Excel. We will input our data and then analyze our results through questions. The kids have created the how to brochures and will be explaining how they have used this to help them understand graphing.
507
Vejraska
Circle Stories~ These students learned about sequencing, and the writing process while creating these fun PowerPoint circle stories.
508
Gones
WebQuest~ Wondering about WebQuests? Come see how students use the internet to learn through real-life situations and projects.
300
Sheets/Lawson
Pumpkin Writing~ Students will teach you how to create an online Mr. Potato head picking your own vegetable. Then insert the picture into PowerPoint and create a description about your Mr. Potato Head.
302
Ramer
NWEA Review Sites~ Come learn about an accessible site that has activities arranged by RIT band scores. Help your child soar with their end of the year NWEA test!
304
Ramer
Virtual Zoo~ Students created the virtual zoo in Art. Students then researched the animals and made power points to tell more about the animals.
306
Brashers
I’m Important PowerPoints~ See PowerPoints created by students after reading the I am Important book.
307
Volvia/Peterich
CPS~ Come see how students utilize the Classroom Participation System (CPS) to make learning interactive.
308
Baker
Student PowerPoints~ Come see 2nd grade student created PowerPoints about themselves.
309
Culver
Curious George stories~ 2nd Grade students created their own Curious George stories using the digital camera and PowerPoint.
311
McKeown
Interactive Learning~ Come see students using the SMARTBoard to show fun ways to learn in the classroom.